USPTO Examiner HARMON COURTNEY N - Art Unit 2159

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18911887MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS FOR CONTENT ITEM SEMANTIC RETRIEVAL AND IDENTIFICATIONOctober 2024March 2026Allow1710YesNo
18817572SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIT MONITORINGAugust 2024November 2025Allow1410YesNo
18794253Composite Model Analysis of Time Series Data Having Irregular Trends for Anomaly DetectionAugust 2024February 2026Allow1820NoNo
18755173INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR SCALABLE NETWORK DATA TRANSMISSIONJune 2024August 2025Allow1410NoNo
18654827ALERT-BASED LEARNING FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA PROCESSINGMay 2024August 2025Allow1610NoNo
18585431ATOMIC AND INCREMENTAL TARGET STATE DEFINITIONS FOR DATABASE ENTITIESFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2020YesNo
18426335AUGMENTED FOLLOW PROBABILITY FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM FOLLOW RECOMMENDATIONSJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1610YesNo
18414703AI-ENHANCED, USER PROGRAMMABLE, SOCIALLY NETWORKED SYSTEMJanuary 2024September 2024Allow810NoNo
18403946CACHING STRATEGY BASED ON MODEL EXECUTION TIMEJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1820YesYes
18563627TREE-BASED DATA STRUCTURENovember 2023April 2025Allow1710YesNo
18561027INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2023March 2026Allow2820YesNo
18389476METADATA REFRESHMENT FOR A WEB SERVICENovember 2023October 2025Allow2330YesNo
18497877TECHNIQUES FOR MAINTAINING SNAPSHOT KEY CONSISTENCY INVOLVING GARBAGE COLLECTION DURING FILE SYSTEM CROSS-REGION REPLICATIONOctober 2023August 2025Allow2110YesNo
18495862PROTECTING CLOUD SYSTEMS USING REQUEST SCORESOctober 2023May 2025Allow1910YesNo
18494917EXTRACT, TRANSFORM, LOAD MONITORING PLATFORMOctober 2023November 2024Allow1200NoNo
18494290VALIDATING CODE FOR AN EXTRACT, TRANSFORM, AND LOAD PROCESSOctober 2023July 2025Allow2020YesNo
18486051Processing Natural Language Network QueriesOctober 2023August 2025Allow2230YesNo
18480348DATA QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING DATA LOADING TO REDUCE QUERY LATENCYOctober 2023April 2025Allow1920NoNo
18471117SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA INGESTION FOR SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATIONSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2710NoNo
18466155EXECUTING OF LOCK MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS TO UPDATING LOCK STATE DATA OF A DATABASE SYSTEMSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1720NoNo
18243755Efficient Data Backup In A Distributed Storage SystemSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18360059FIRST COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECOND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJuly 2023September 2025Allow2630YesNo
18354110INDEX JOIN QUERY OPTIMIZATIONJuly 2023December 2024Allow1710NoNo
18218278DYNAMICALLY SELECTING AMONG LEARNED AND NON-LEARNED INDEXES FOR DATA ACCESSJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18218395METHOD AND A SERVER FOR GENERATING A MACHINE LEARNING MODELJuly 2023March 2025Allow2020NoYes
18218307Virtual File System For Transactional Data Access And ManagementJuly 2023May 2025Allow2230YesNo
18341733Synchronized Snapshot in Synchronous replicationJune 2023December 2025Allow3020NoNo
18321189Searching Remote Data in an Observability Pipeline SystemMay 2023July 2025Allow2630NoNo
18317852HANDLING EARLY EXIT IN A PIPELINED QUERY EXECUTION ENGINE VIA BACKWARD PROPAGATION OF EARLY EXIT INFORMATIONMay 2023September 2025Allow2840YesNo
18310177OPTIMIZING AN OPERATOR FLOW FOR PERFORMING AGGREGATION VIA A DATABASE SYSTEMMay 2023February 2026Allow3330NoYes
18140192Systems for Resolving Conflicts in Collaborative Digital Content EditingApril 2023June 2025Allow2640YesNo
18137682APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA FAULT DETECTION AND REPAIRApril 2023November 2024Allow1950YesNo
18194516IN-VEHICLE CAPABILITY DETERMINING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USINGMarch 2023July 2025Allow2740YesNo
18121997MACHINE-LEARNING BASED AUTOMATED DOCUMENT INTEGRATION INTO GENEALOGICAL TREESMarch 2023August 2024Allow1710YesNo
18110641REPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3140YesYes
18109777System and Method for Location Domain Name ServiceFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2310NoNo
18167724MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS FOR CONTENT ITEM SEMANTIC RETRIEVAL AND IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1710NoNo
18107611Method and apparatus for proving information based on imageFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2630YesNo
18107044DATA CONVERTING DEVICE AND METHODFebruary 2023January 2025Abandon2320NoNo
18107424METHOD FOR RECOVERING DATABASE FILE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2430YesNo
18162364METADATA-BASED QUERY REWRITINGJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2020NoNo
18162525DATABASE RECOVERY USING A CLOUD-BASED STORAGE SYSTEMJanuary 2023March 2026Abandon3720YesYes
18005969HBASE ONLINE MERGINGJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2720NoNo
18045336Methods and Systems for Clustering of Repair Orders Based on Inferences Gathered from Repair OrdersOctober 2022December 2023Allow1400NoNo
17937190MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR HIERARCHICAL-WORKFLOW RISK SCORE PREDICTION USING MULTI-PARTY COMMUNICATION DATASeptember 2022April 2024Allow1810YesNo
17936967SELECTIVELY APPLYING A REPLICATION LOG FOR LOGICAL DATABASE REPLICA CREATIONSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17911144INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICESeptember 2022October 2023Allow1300NoNo
17820970MIGRATION AND VALIDATION OF DATA FROM TABULAR STRUCTURES TO NON-RELATIONAL DATA STORESAugust 2022February 2025Allow3040YesNo
17818632GENERATING RESPONSES TO REAL-TIME USER EVENTS UTILIZING USER PROFILE ATTRIBUTES AND A USER'S JOURNEY STATE OF AN EXPERIENCE JOURNEYAugust 2022March 2025Allow3150YesNo
17792331INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PRESENTING SYSTEM, AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND PRESENTING A RECOMMENDED MEAL TO A USERJuly 2022December 2024Abandon2920YesNo
17855933SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL FORMAT DRIVEN DATA TRANSFORMATION AND KEY FLEX FIELDS IN AN ANALYTIC APPLICATIONS ENVIRONMENTJuly 2022March 2024Allow2120NoNo
17853626DOMAIN EXPLORATION USING SPARSE GRAPHSJune 2022March 2026Allow4410YesNo
17843268Efficient Data Backup In A Distributed Storage SystemJune 2022June 2023Allow1210YesNo
17842280METHOD OF CRAWLING WEBSITE BY BYPASSING BOT DETECTIONJune 2022August 2025Allow3840YesNo
17728775Protecting Sensitive Data In SnapshotsApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17708140METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A ROLLING BACKUP WITHIN A BACKUP WINDOWMarch 2022October 2023Allow1910NoNo
17654933UTILIZING A GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK TO GENERATE VISUALIZATION AND ATTRIBUTE RECOMMENDATIONSMarch 2022June 2024Allow2730YesNo
17691447FAILURE HINTING FOR SITE PREPARATION IN MULTI-SITE DATA REPLICATION ENVIRONMENTMarch 2022October 2025Abandon4340YesYes
17588444AUTOMATIC ESTIMATION OF COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR AUTO-DISCOVERYJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3440YesNo
17588022SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE ADAPTATION FOR CROSS-DOMAIN STREAMING DATAJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3230YesNo
17581407AGGREGATING ACTIVITY DATA FOR MULTIPLE USERSJanuary 2022August 2025Abandon4260YesNo
17558458TIME SERIES PREDICTION METHOD FOR GRAPH STRUCTURE DATADecember 2021August 2024Allow3230YesNo
17491160SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING SHARED EXPERIENCES NETWORKSSeptember 2021October 2023Abandon2410NoNo
17479851TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING LIFECYCLE OPERATIONS ON A DATA STORESeptember 2021October 2023Allow2520YesNo
17468345Categorizing and Recommending Content Through Multi-Dimensional Explicit User FeedbackSeptember 2021September 2025Allow4870YesNo
17459512SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF GEO-COORDINATES FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL ELEMENTAugust 2021March 2024Abandon3110NoNo
17385105CONTINUOUSLY GENERALIZED ORDINAL REGRESSIONJuly 2021March 2023Allow2030YesYes
17384857LOOKUP AND RELATIONSHIP CACHES FOR DYNAMIC FETCHINGJuly 2021February 2024Allow3130YesNo
17384686SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMEND AND ADAPT A TREATMENT REGIME FOR PATIENTSJuly 2021February 2024Abandon3110NoNo
17363737DATABASE GATEWAY WITH MACHINE LEARNING MODELJune 2021April 2024Allow3430YesNo
17347767SYSTEM TO DETERMINE A CREDIBILITY WEIGHTING FOR ELECTRONIC RECORDSJune 2021August 2023Allow2620NoNo
17303167EXTRACT, TRANSFORM, LOAD MONITORING PLATFORMMay 2021August 2023Allow2620YesNo
17322603DISCOVERING AVAILABILITY OF DIGITAL MEDIA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCESMay 2021December 2023Allow3120YesYes
17241144SMART DATA QUALITY PROTOCOLSApril 2021October 2023Allow3030YesNo
17235596ALERT-BASED LEARNING FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA PROCESSINGApril 2021January 2024Allow3330NoNo
17219348METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NEW DATA STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR MEDICAL IMAGING SOLUTIONSMarch 2021May 2025Abandon5060YesNo
17213716AUTOMATIC CONVERSION OF DATA WITHIN DATA PIPELINEMarch 2021May 2023Allow2620YesNo
17192460SEARCH EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2021December 2025Allow5780YesNo
17270100FORMATTING VIEWS USING TRANSFORMER PLUGINSFebruary 2021February 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17177018PARTIAL FILE RESTORE IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEMFebruary 2021January 2023Abandon2310NoNo
17138006MACHINE LEARNING FOR CLUSTERING UNSTRUCTURED DATADecember 2020April 2025Allow5160YesNo
17122558SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING PHYSIOLOGIC, MEDICAL, AND PSYCHOMETRIC DATA IN SUPPORT OF CLINICAL DECISION MAKINGDecember 2020June 2023Abandon3010NoNo
17076164SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANKING OF DATABASE TABLES FOR USE WITH EXTRACT, TRANSFORM, LOAD PROCESSESOctober 2020January 2025Allow5150YesNo
17038691AUTOMATIC TRANSFORMATION OF TIME SERIES DATA AT INGESTIONSeptember 2020September 2024Abandon4750YesNo
17031161BACKUP TASK PROCESSING IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEMSeptember 2020April 2023Allow3020YesNo
16987604METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARALLELIZING BACKUP GENERATION OPERATIONS USING PSEUDO-ASSET BACKUPSAugust 2020July 2022Allow2330NoNo
16983785REPORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMAugust 2020September 2023Abandon3820YesNo
16944250PEER-TO-PEER GLOBAL NAMESPACE FOR STORAGE SYSTEM METADATA FEDERATIONSJuly 2020December 2023Allow4040YesNo
16941636PAIR SELECTION FOR ENTITY RESOLUTION ANALYSISJuly 2020June 2025Abandon5840YesYes
16940415METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING REAL-TIME DATA VALIDATIONJuly 2020July 2023Allow3530NoNo
16934698SYSTEM AND SEMI-SUPERVISED METHODOLOGY FOR PERFORMING MACHINE DRIVEN ANALYSIS AND DETERMINATION OF INTEGRITY DUE DILIGENCE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THIRD PARTY ENTITIES AND ASSOCIATED INDIVIDUALS AND STAKEHOLDERSJuly 2020October 2024Allow5160YesNo
16901290EXTRACTING AND POSTING DATA FROM AN UNSTRUCTURED DATA FILEJune 2020July 2024Abandon4960YesNo
16895559INTELLIGENTLY IDENTIFYING THE MOST KNOWLEDGABLE PERSON BASED ON MULTIPLE DATA SOURCE INPUTSJune 2020May 2024Abandon4760YesNo
16891715Metadata VisualizationJune 2020November 2023Abandon4160YesYes
16888796INTERACTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR DIRECTED CONTENT COPY USING A DEEP LEARNING MODELMay 2020April 2024Abandon4660YesNo
16765946INTELLIGENT QUESTION AND ANSWER METHOD AND DEVICEMay 2020July 2023Abandon3820NoNo
16876304Automatic Human-emulative Document AnalysisMay 2020March 2022Allow2200NoNo
16866844PASSIVE HEIGHTENED NEED PREDICTIONMay 2020August 2024Allow5160YesNo
16867012SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINING MODEL INTERPRETERSMay 2020October 2024Allow5360YesYes
16865465Workload-Oriented Prediction of Response Times of Storage SystemsMay 2020January 2024Allow4440YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner HARMON, COURTNEY N.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
22
Examiner Affirmed
12
(54.5%)
Examiner Reversed
10
(45.5%)
Reversal Percentile
68.0%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 45.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
85
Allowed After Appeal Filing
32
(37.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
53
(62.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
62.4%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 37.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner HARMON, COURTNEY N - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HARMON, COURTNEY N works in Art Unit 2159 and has examined 337 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 59.6%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 43 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HARMON, COURTNEY N's allowance rate of 59.6% places them in the 20% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HARMON, COURTNEY N receive 4.13 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 98% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HARMON, COURTNEY N is 43 months. This places the examiner in the 16% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HARMON, COURTNEY N. This interview benefit is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 12.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 14.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 16% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 71.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 72.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 35.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 48.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 11% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.